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residential? uh?Glad you done so well, If I had a warm cookie right now I would send it your way, tap yourself on the shoulder, haven't come close to six figures and I'm union journeyman(commercial-industrial), when I was 40 I wasn't in too bad of a shape, wait and see

Sorry you're so jealous. Maybe you should be a union journeyman in the Chicago area. It's quite common for those guy's to clear six figures.

Thank you for the tip, tomorrow morning will pack my stuff and here I come windy city............. seriously. you are full of it and you know it.

Union Chiller Mechanics in Chicago, Philly, NYC, and Boston should all be in the $100K with On-Call Pay and little OT. McQuay and Trane are non-Union in Chicago, supposably their wages are Union competative.

Union Chiller Mechanics in Chicago, Philly, NYC, and Boston should all be in the $100K with On-Call Pay and little OT. McQuay and Trane are non-Union in Chicago, supposably their wages are Union competative.

there are always exemptions to the rule but the average income for a commercial industrial HVAC tech is around $48K $68K/year.
California seem to have the highest pay scale.

if you're in big city, easy. smaller center mainly a sea of rooftop. no chiller. some big boilers for sure. chillers could be in older gov bldg/hospital or something. I've seen a hotel cooled with couple of giant 20 tons air to air AC unit. it's an obsolete 70s unit that somehow still work... it's a lennox that should be kicked off the roof long time ago.

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Have tools and gauges, will travel.

The only thing I'm full of is 20 years of knowledge and experience, which allows me to make that kind of money. I'm a professional, and I'm treated like one.

Even in Miami journeyman clear $75K. earning six figures in the Northern big cities isn't much of a stretch.

When you leave for the windy city leave early, traffic can be a *****.

are you taking $75K/year on the paycheck? or total compensation?
To make 100K thats like $55/hr take home.
I'm happy here, our rate is $31.50hr on the check, my mortgage is paid, I'm past my prime and looking forward retirement.

I hear tell of north of 100K in Omaha, Ne. One of my instructors told us of a former student of his making this kind of money. I think the job this guy has is some sort of supervisory role for Trane I believe.